Realtek does not appear after installation. Realtek HD Manager is not in Control Panel

If your computer runs on Windows XP, Vista or 7, and is also equipped with an audio chip from Realtek, then for sound to work you need to have special driver. To activate it, type “Realtek” in the Start search. When you find in the results Realtek Manager HD - launch it. If this program is not in the search, then this driver is missing on the computer or is installed too old version. This article will tell you how to install and configure Realtek drivers.

Installing the Realtek driver

Follow this step by step instructions, if the computer does not have a driver or it is outdated.

Download current version required driver from the Realtek website or or from our website by following link: .
Start the installation by running the downloaded file in “.exe” format.
To continue the installation, click “Next”.
Attention: if during installation there is a warning that Windows does not know about the driver publisher, then simply click on “Install” to continue the installer.
After installing the driver, restart your computer for all changes to take effect.
Signal about correct installation software there will be a Realtek HD Audio Manager sign on the taskbar. To go to the Realtek manager, simply double-click on the sign.

Realtek High Definition Audio Features and Settings

The Realtek audio codec supports 8-channel audio, Jack-Sensing, and many other features. In addition, it works successfully with Universal Audio Jack, making it easy to troubleshoot cable connection errors.

Realtek Audio Manager supports motherboards, which work with the audio processor from Realtek.

Note: All menus are listed below for reference and their names may differ greatly from what will be on your computer. In the environment indicated above Windows versions, Realtek HD Manager will automatically find devices connected to the ports. And depending on them, tabs with settings will already be shown. Also, the program interface may differ depending on the driver version or the model of the sound card installed on your computer.

For example:

Speakers Menu

First, a slider will open in front of you to adjust the volume of all devices. The panel located on the right will contain parameters related to the operation of audio output devices.

Digital output

To configure the input digital audio do the following:

In the “Advanced device settings” tab, you can configure the input jack separation parameters.
After that, four more submenus will become available to you.

To set up speaker systems:

1. Select the "Speakers" menu.
2. To set the analog output port as the default device, click on “Set Default Device”.
3. Select the "Speaker Configuration" menu located under "Speakers". The configuration options will be there. You can also configure there surround sound and specify the speaker configuration.

4. On the menu " Sound effect“You can set up karaoke, select the environment around you, and also choose one of several modes for the equalizer.

5. To adjust the speakers, you need to go to the “Room correction” menu. There you can adjust the distance and angles based on your location. This is very useful feature useful when you are not directly in front of the speakers, but stand in an asymmetrical position from them. But its operation is possible only in 5.1 and 7.1 modes.
6. Menu " Standard format» is responsible for the mixer parameters. More specifically, for the sampling frequency and bit depth with which the OS will process outgoing sounds.

Microphone settings

You can configure your microphone in last menu, which is called “Microphone”. At the top there will be sliders for adjusting the microphone volume and balance. Adjust them until you reach the desired volume.

This section is divided into two tabs: Microphone Effect and Standard Format.

In the “Microphone Effect” tab, you can change the conference mode parameters, as well as enable echo and noise suppression mode.

Information menu

By clicking on the information icon, which looks like the letter “i,” you can find out the program version, audio controller, DirectX, codec and select the program language.

Thank you for your attention! Write your clarifications to Realtek setup High Definition Audio. 🙂

Drivers from the company Realtek have always been famous for big amount emerging conflicts with the operating system Windows, even since the days Windows XP. Error goes hand in hand with an error code 0x000000FF and it will not allow you to install the drivers you need for your sound card.

This problem occurs in different conditions, so there are many more reasons for its occurrence than one or two. You also need to understand that the error can also manifest itself if your audio card, so to speak, has died.

If this happens, then nothing can be corrected using any methods. You will simply need to replace the failed audio card with a new one. After replacing, you should not see any errors.

Fixing the error “Realtek HD Audio driver installation failed”

Method No. 1 Check the drivers for problems and update them manually

If Windows does not allow you to install drivers, then try updating them through "Device Manager".

Press the key combination Win+R and enter in empty line devmgmt.msc
Inside the window "Device Manager", expand the menu with the name "Sound, gaming and video devices."
Look to see if there are any yellow icons or exclamation marks at this point.
Click right click to your audio card if you find a problem sign on it, and select "Update driver". Follow the instructions on the screen. After updating, reboot the system.

Method #2 Use the “Install old device” option in Device Manager

This method should only be used if disappeared from "Device Manager".

Press the key combination Win+R and write in the blank line devmgmt.msc
Next click on "Action" V top panel and select "Install old device."
Follow the installation wizard's instructions.
Once finished you should see Realtek Audio Device V "Device Manager". Follow the third step from the first method and update the drivers for the device.

Method #3 Remove drivers and let Windows install them on its own

Press the key combination again Win+R and write in the blank line devmgmt.msc
Find Realtek Audio Device V "Sound, gaming and video devices". Right click on it and select "Delete". Follow the instructions on the screen.
After that, reboot the system and open again "Task Manager".
Press "Action" in the top bar and select "Update hardware configuration."
After this, it should appear in the list of devices Realtek Audio Device. This way you can update it.

Method #4 Disabling Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Definition Audio

Only audio drivers from Realtek come with built-in UAA drivers, unlike drivers from Conexant or SoundMAX. So you can disable these built-in drivers and reinstall them. Considering that the error arises due to a conflict with UAA, then removing them will allow Realtek settle down calmly.

Press the key combination for the fourth time Win+R and write in the blank line devmgmt.msc.
Expand « System devices» and find Microsoft UAA Bus drivers for High there Definition Audio. Right click on them and select "Disable."
After disabling them, try the installation again Realtek drivers. This time everything should go like clockwork.

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Question: Realtek HD High - Definition manager does not start Audio Codes(Software)

Good afternoon

After updating Windows 10, the Realtek HD manager stopped working, there was no hidden icons and in the control panel!
It was in autoloads, etc...
I decided that most likely it was a clumsy Windows 10 update! I reinstalled, but the result is the same!
What could be the problem? Why won't Realtek start?

Thank you in advance

Answer: A old driver Should I delete Realtek?

Added after 37 minutes
Thank you, it helped!

Question: There are no playback device options in Realtek HD Manager

Good afternoon After Windows updates 10 there was one problem. Before this, I used speakers and headphones at the same time: the speakers were connected at the back, the headphones were connected to the front panel. Everything would be fine, but previously the sound was played simultaneously on 2 devices without switching in the system (I only adjusted the volume on the devices themselves), but now only the speakers work by default, headphones muffle the speakers when connected. I searched on the Internet that in the realtek hd manager you need to check the “assign front and rear” in the settings output device..." to solve the problem. But! There are no such checkboxes in the settings, I have already reinstalled 5-6 versions of Realtek. What can you tell me? What to do. The option of clicking the headphones back and forth does not suit me, since before everything was ok.

Answer: You did not catch the essence of my problem, I need to quickly switch between the playback device in the panel that is in the screenshot. And now the headphones are not displayed there, although they are connected and working.

Question: When installing a new Realtek HD driver, the manager does not start Realtek Windows 7

I decided to install Windows 7 SP1 64bit. Installed from the official Realtek website latest driver(R2.82). There is sound, but there is no dispatcher. And I need him.
In the folder along the path C:\Program Files\Realtek\Audio\HDA, the "executives" also do not start - nothing simply happens.
Before this I had Windows 10 latest build, everything worked there, I remember downloading the same driver from the Realtek website and everything was fine with the dispatcher.
I solved the problem by removing this driver and installing the old driver (Realtek Audio Driver V6.6.4.2 for Windows Vista/7 32bit & 64bit.(WHQL)) from the ASUS website, and the dispatcher appeared, everything is fine.
But I still want to get to the bottom of why new driver does not install normally with a working dispatcher on Win7?

Mother - Asus M5A97EVO
FX-6100
8gb
gtx660

Answer: mythorns, I have the same problem on Windows 10, the solution is the same

Quote mythorns:

Question: Realtek driver cannot be installed

Here's the thing:
After reinstalling Windows 7, the firewood from Rialtek is not installed. There is sound in the laptop speakers, but when you insert headphones, the sound continues to go to the speakers. I put it different versions, for 32 and 64 bits, in the device manager with driver “installed” 2 are as follows
Also, after the installation is completed and the PC is rebooted, the Rialtek manager does not appear.
I don’t know what to do, I’ve been making love to him for 3 days now.
Maybe someone knows what the problem is

Answer: Thank you so much, you are simply God. I guess I'm a complete idiot...

Question: Realtek firewood does not work correctly

Hello, I updated to Win 10, and there was a problem with drivers for sound, the point is that my mother is Asus VI Hero and actually downloaded new firewood for Win 10, since the old firewood started up but without the goodies that I need, so when I updated, it seems that the Realtek manager appeared, but in the microphone tab the Noise Gate and Noise Reduction functions stupidly don’t work, the checkbox is checked and the sliders don’t move without this function, I don’t like it, I just need a must-have, on Win 7 everything worked ok, it’s not clear what's the problem? Please help with the problem. I've attached screenshots of what's wrong. Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer: I have exactly the same problem on my ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition, I wrote to Asus support, they didn’t help, they said everything was fine... so for now one option is to roll back to the old drivers, I have stable version this is Realtek 6.0.1.7344.

Question: [Solved] Realtek manual equalizer disappeared in Windows 7

Tell me who knows Why is the ability to manually set equalizer settings missing in Realtek drivers in Windows 7? Can anyone recommend another version of drivers?
There is only a set of presets (rock, pop, live, etc.). Win XP had both presets and manual settings...
Very inconvenient without it! The sound of music and films can be adjusted in the player, but when playing games the player will not help, but how they sound available options I don't like presets.

I have Windows 7 Pro (final) x32, ASUS P5K motherboard with built-in Realtek sound ALC883 High Definition Audio Controller. Version sound driver Realtek HD Audio Codec Driver R2.37 (Vista, Windows7 32/64).

Answer:

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Question: The "Realtek HD Audio" process is loading the system

The "Realtek HD Audio" process is hanging in the task manager, which is loading the system.
When you remove the process in the manager, the load decreases, but when you restart the laptop after a while, it appears again

Answer: Execute the script in AVZ

begin ShowMessage("Attention! Before executing the script, AVZ will automatically close all network connections." + #13#10 + "After rebooting the computer, network connections will be restored automatically."); ExecuteFile("net.exe", "stop tcpip /y", 0, 15000, true); if not IsWOW64 then begin SearchRootkit(true, true); end; TerminateProcessByName("c:\users\Roman\appdata\local\microsoft help\realtek hd\rthdcpl.exe"); \appdata\local\microsoft help\realtek hd\rthdcpl.exe",""); ExecuteFile("schtasks.exe", "/delete /TN "Realtek HD Audio" /F", 0, 15000, true); DeleteFile ("c:\users\Roman\appdata\local\microsoft help\realtek hd\rthdcpl.exe","32"); DeleteFileMask("c:\users\Roman\appdata\local\microsoft help\realtek hd", "*", true); DeleteDirectory("c:\users\Roman\appdata\local\microsoft help\realtek hd"); BC_ImportAll;

Execute the script in AVZ

begin CreateQurantineArchive("c:\quarantine.zip"); end.

Send c:\quarantine.zip using the form above the first message of the topic or (if the archive size exceeds 16 MB) to this Mailbox: quarantine safezone.cc(replace on @ ) indicating a link to the topic in the subject (header) of the message and indicating the password: virus in the body of the letter.
It is PROHIBITED to attach quarantine to messages on this forum!!!

Please follow the rules AGAIN, attach NEW Autologger logs to your message

Question: The sound driver cannot be installed

No sound. I installed the Realtek HD driver, there were no errors, but after reboot there is no Realtek HD manager. There are no traces of what he became.
Windows 7 x64, mother: Asus m4n68tm_v2

Answer: yes, I have a different one. This is me more for informational purposes because sometimes you have to deal with different computers

Question: No sound after updating drivers (Realtek)

Good afternoon

Windows 7 SP1. I update regularly
MB: Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 (latest BIOS F8)
Built-in sound card: Realtek ALC887. Equipment ID:
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0892&SUBSYS_1458A002&REV_1003
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0892&SUBSYS_1458A002

It all started with the fact that I wanted to turn on the Stereo Mixer:

Right-click on the volume controls in the tray -> Recording devices
Right-click on the empty white field, check both boxes (Show disconnected devices, Show disconnected devices)
Right click on the device Stereo mixer -> Enable
It should turn on, but nothing happens. Absolutely

Without despair, I went to the Gigabyte website for new firewood for sound. I downloaded it, installed it, everything went well, the computer rebooted twice (the first time after removing the old driver, the second time after installing the new one).
As a result, there is a red cross on the Windows volume control in the tray and there is no sound.
There are no yellow icons in Device Manager.
The Realtek HD manager does not behave very adequately - when I connect headphones/microphone (I use only the back panel in the system unit) - the Relatek HD manager displays pop-up windows where it asks me to indicate what and where I have connected. I point. There is no effect.
I noticed that if I set the playback volume in the microphone settings in the realtek manager, then I can hear my voice in the headphones - that is, the sound card is working (there is no doubt that it is working, see below)
After the drivers from Gigabyte, I tried a bunch of others - from the realetka website - from various other sources, I searched by equipment ID.
With all firewood the picture is the same. And by the way, the stereo mixer also does not turn on.
I also updated the drivers for the chipset and that’s it (downloaded all the drivers from the Gigabyte website)

I restored the system, the sound worked as before, but I still can’t change the Playback Devices and Recording Devices.

This is such an ambush.

Answer: Found a solution!

In short, for unknown reasons, the rights to the registry branches that store information about what is enabled and disabled are lost. Firewood has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Executed as administrator
net localgroup Administrators /add networkservice
net localgroup Administrators /add localservice
I rebooted the computer and everything was ok!

(On the English version you will need to run
net localgroup Administrators /add networkservice
net localgroup Administrators /add localservice)

The article describes instructions on what to do if the Realtek HD Manager is not in the Control Panel. Realtek HD is free software that contains drivers for interpreting audio streams. This package is a successor to a number of AC'97 firmware revisions that were created in 2004 by Intel. The hardware controlled by HD Audio reproduces 192 kHz/24-quality dual-channel output and 96 kHz/24-bit multi-channel output. In total, up to 8 channels are supported simultaneously. When using Realtek HD Audio, you often encounter a phenomenon where sound drivers work stably, without failures, but the sound manager is not in the control panels. In this case, we cannot configure the sound circuit using software.

If you are going to edit the sound circuit or microphone, but the Realtek manager is nowhere to be found, not at the bottom of the tray, nor in the Device Manager. Not among the installed programs - in this case, go to the “Control Panel”, now click “Sound” - it should be displayed in this item. Additionally, check its presence in the “Device Manager” in the list of equipment, in the “Sound... devices” section.

Removing the old driver and installing the new Realtek

If you still cannot find the Realtek sound manager in the Control Panel, try uninstalling the old driver for your computer's audio hardware. For this:

Download Realtek HD driver from the official website

If you have searched all the services and corresponding panels, but Realtek HD is nowhere to be found, you need to download it. To do this, open the software download page - http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/ and select from 3 the one required for your system.

Before downloading software from the Realtek website, you will need to register and log in to an account.

The problem sometimes occurs due to current driver, which was not taken from the official website. If the Windows where the problem occurs is also not official, but downloaded from a torrent or installed from the wrong “blanks”, then you cannot working window Realtek HD on your computer. Install original driver manager and restart the OS.

What to do if there is no sound from the headphones

Then run – “ ” on your system and check the sound tabs. Also open to panel Windows applications and select "Sound" - check sound scheme, the “Sound” checkbox may be set to off. Check also additional settings sound.

It happens that when in Skype the headphones start working after unchecking the “ Automatic setup" Try installing the sound driver by removing the old one.

You can download a special driver pack that contains drivers for all occasions. Such a package is " Driver Pack Solution". The advantage of such software is that this program itself scans your system and calculates old drivers and, if found, outdated driver downloads and installs new version on one's own. Perhaps this package will help you detect and install required version for the audio device that is having problems.

Setting the sound in headphones

Scan your system for viruses using your antivirus software. If various types of problems and errors occur in the system, you need to check all hard disk for viruses in a deep way checks, because viruses can cause any kind of errors and failures in the system, even if the Realtek HD manager is not in the control panel.

I have three questions for the site administrator: How to install a sound driver? Second question: Where to download Realtek Manager? Third question: (there is a separate article) on the system unit? I had all this and it worked before reinstalling the system. A few days ago Windows 7 had to be reinstalled and now there is no sound, the realtek manager has disappeared and the front soundbar does not work. I can't find the driver CD. Of course, you can call a specialist, but the prices are expensive, and I’m studying at school, and I want to figure it all out myself, because I managed to install the operating system myself. Edik.

Letter No. 2. I have a problem: I reinstalled the operating system and immediately a question arose how to install sound driver, the Windows 7 operating system found all other devices and the drivers were installed automatically, this can be seen in the device manager, but instead of my audio device it was written Audio device on the High Definition Audio bus and that’s it. According to your article, I determined - Device instance code (equipment ID) went to www.devid.info, pasted into the search field

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0883&SUBSYS_1043829F&REV_1000 and clicked Search, after a few seconds the following result was obtained:

Realtek High Definition Audio
Manufacturer: Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

Operating system: Windows XP, Vista

I decided to call the wizard and he very simply installed the sound driver for me from his disk, but the Realtek manager did not appear for me and he and I were unable to turn on the front sound panel, although before reinstalling the system it worked and I connected it to it headphones. Tell me how to do everything right, you are also a master. Ilya.

How to install a sound driver

Note: Friends, in general there is a rule, immediately after installation operating system go to your website motherboard and download all drivers (sound, network, etc.) from there, we even have a detailed article on this topic. If for some reason this did not work out for you, you can download the sound driver directly from the website of the manufacturer of the sound card built into your motherboard; in most cases, it will be a Realtek sound card, that is, read everything that is written below.

We take a computer with the same integrated (built-in) Realtek sound card into the motherboard in the form of a chip, like our reader, and a newly installed operating system and Windows 7 without sound drivers (I deliberately did not install the driver on sound device, we will install together with you).
In device manager I have an item Sound, video and gaming devices and under it is a Device supporting High Definition Audio, indicating that the system contains a new generation audio device that supports the audio standard high definition HD Audio, but there is no sound in the system, because this device driver not installed.

Note: On older motherboards, instead of High Definition Audio, there may be AC’97 - an outdated standard audio codec developed by by Intel in 1997 But the sound subsystem built into our motherboard operates according to a newer standard - High Definition Audio or HD Audio. Intel High Definition Audio is a relatively new specification for audio codecs, developed by Intel in 2004, characterized by improved digital sound quality, an increased number of channels, more high frequency transmission compared to AC"97.

We determine the exact name of our sound card and, accordingly, exactly what driver we need.
We find the driver on the official website of our sound card, download it and install it, if it is a realtek sound card driver, along with official driver Necessarily realtek manager will also be installed(no need to download it separately).
In order for the front sound panel to work, we have to configure realtek manager, this is not difficult and in most cases is enough for the front sound panel to function normally. If we fail, we will have to enter the BIOS and set the parameter Front Panel Type – from HD Audio to AC-97 (all details below).

During the existence of the site, question How to install the driver for sound, was asked to me countless times, in addition, before writing the article, I specifically observed how an ordinary user searches for drivers on the Internet and came to the conclusion. People want to find drivers anywhere, but not on the official website of the device manufacturer. Why is this happening?

If the situation is, for example, with drivers for a video card, then it’s relatively simple, everyone knows about the existence of a Russian-language site, where everything is very simple and clear and even has its own program, by running which you can easily find out the exact name of your video card and select it there required driver. Naturally on such a site to a simple user It is not difficult to download the required driver, this is undoubtedly a big plus for the creators of this site.

The situation is different with sound drivers, although here, too, there are only a few main manufacturers and the most important one, in my opinion, is Realtek; personally, I most often have to deal with searching for and installing drivers from this particular manufacturer. Indeed, the website www.realtek.com freezes periodically and does not support the Russian language, but you can still download drivers from it; personally, I have always succeeded.

Of course, first of all you need to know the name of your sound card. To accurately determine the name of almost any device connected to the motherboard, including built-in and discrete sound cards, you can use a simple, but nevertheless irreplaceable (for example, in my work) program called AIDA64 or you can use exactly the same Everest utility .

More exotic methods of determining the name of devices and searching for drivers for them by ID equipment code, using the site pcidatabase.com and www.devid.info, are given in our article How to find a driver by device code(link to the article above), we will not repeat ourselves, if everything written below does not help, you can read it.

So, let’s go to the official website of the AIDA64 program. Having been free in the recent past, it recently became paid, but you don’t need to buy it right away. For the first 30 days, the developer gives us the opportunity to use the program without any restrictions. It seems to me that this time is more than enough for us to determine the name of the device we need. If you like the program, then of course you can buy it.
On the official website of our program http://www.aida64.com/ click on the Download button,

You can download the program in the installer or in the archive, let's download it in the archive, click on AIDA64 Extreme Edition Trial version, ZIP package , Download .

We’ve downloaded it, now let’s unzip our program into some folder,

go to this folder, then run the file aida64.exe and our program starts

In the main program window, click Computer.

then Summary information

and we see everything that we have installed inside system unit: the name of the motherboard and its chipset, as well as the name of the processor, video adapter, BIOS type, and so on.

Sound card as we see - Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio.

Half the job is done, go to the official Realtek website - www.realtek.com. Many users complain that the Realtek website does not support the Russian language; you can get out of this situation by using a browser Google Chrome, he will easily translate everything for you.

Click Downloads

and choose High Definition Audio Codecs (Software)

Check the box I accept to the above and click Next

Why I chose High Definition Audio Codecs (Software) drivers. Because these Realtek sound drivers are universal in their kind. They support all new audio formats and fit almost all sound cards Realtek High Definition Audio and ours too (highlighted in red). These drivers are intended for operating systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7/8 32-64bit.

1. Support Vista/Windows 7 WHQL: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, ALC680 ALC260, ALC262,ALC267,ALC268,ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275
2. Windows support 2000/XP WHQL: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC886, ALC887, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC899, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC670, 0 ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC275

In this window, you and I need to select the version of the sound driver installer to download, if you and I have one of the listed 32-bit operating systems installed: Vista, Windows7, Windows 8, then click on the first Description (description) of the table
If we have one of the 64-bit systems installed - Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, then click on the second Description of the table.
Accordingly, if you have 32-bit Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003 (32/64 bits) installed, then select the seventh position.

We have chosen our version of the operating system, for example, we have Windows 7-64-bit installed, now we select Site from which we will download, you can select any one, for example, located in China and left-click on it once.